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CAPE CORAL, Fla. The city’s charter school board voted Tuesday to terminate Superintendent Nelson Stephenson, effective immediately.
Stephenson let the school system know last month he would resign at the end of his contract in June. He’ll receive four months of severance pay worth about $38,000.
The Cape Coral Charter School Authority Governing Board consulted with Stephenson on its decision to sever ties, and he gave his blessing. Christa McAuliffe Elementary School Principal Jacquelin Collins will serve as interim superintendent.
Stephenson decided to resign because he was frustrated with some within city government, he said Tuesday in response to a board member’s question.
He had a highly publicized run-in with Mayor Marni Sawicki during a governing board meeting in January. Sawicki has said she won’t run for re-election this year.
Stephenson faced an April 1 deadline to either sign a contract extension or a new contract, but he declined to do so.
